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Eliyan Talks First Silicon on ‘Most Efficient’ Chiplet Interconnect

Eliyan Talks First Silicon on ‘Most Efficient’ Chiplet Interconnect

Claiming record time for its first silicon, chiplet interconnect specialist Eliyan lays out its case for how its Nulink UCIe interconnect offers advantages over silicon interposer approaches.


News Jun 19, 2023 by Duane Benson
Breaking Down the BLE Link Layer—The 7 States of Bluetooth LE Radio

Breaking Down the BLE Link Layer—The 7 States of Bluetooth LE Radio

Explore the seven states of the Bluetooth LE radio, how the link layer state machine manages the LE radio, and the roles of these states in wireless communication.


ADI Intros ‘Most Advanced’ Software-defined Signal Processing Platform

ADI Intros ‘Most Advanced’ Software-defined Signal Processing Platform

With applications like phased array radar, electronic surveillance, T&M, and 6G in mind, ADI has released a next-gen signal processing platform.


News Jun 15, 2023 by Jake Hertz
What is an Application-specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC)?

What is an Application-specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC)?

Indispensable for modern electrical engineering, application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) form a diverse group of integrated circuits (ICs) that help designers to optimize sophisticated electronic devices.


Silicon Labs Rolls Dual-band SoC for Long-range Wireless Protocols

Silicon Labs Rolls Dual-band SoC for Long-range Wireless Protocols

A new SoC from Silicon Labs supports multiple protocols and is optimized for Amazon Sidewalk.


News Jun 12, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Apple Completes Transition to All In-house Silicon With M2 Ultra SoC

Apple Completes Transition to All In-house Silicon With M2 Ultra SoC

Beneath the hood of Apple's "most powerful Mac desktops ever made" is the final iteration of the company's M2 SoC family.


News Jun 08, 2023 by Jake Hertz
At Last, Apple Unveils Its AR Headset, Rebranded as ‘Spatial Computer’

At Last, Apple Unveils Its AR Headset, Rebranded as ‘Spatial Computer’

Apple’s mixed-reality headset offers a plethora of technological innovations, including a new SoC that prevents users from experiencing nausea while wearing the headset.


News Jun 07, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Controlling a Potentiometer-based Servo Motor Using a M5Stack Core

Controlling a Potentiometer-based Servo Motor Using a M5Stack Core

In this project, learn how to use a potentiometer's reading on the M5Stack core to control a servo motor.


Projects Jun 04, 2023 by Don Wilcher
Renesas Unveils Over 35 New Motor Control MCUs

Renesas Unveils Over 35 New Motor Control MCUs

With over 35 new MCU offerings across 3 families, Renesas hopes to make motor control easier for designers.


News Jun 01, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Axelera AI Raises $50 Million to ‘Mainstream’ Edge AI

Axelera AI Raises $50 Million to ‘Mainstream’ Edge AI

Leveraging its proprietary in-memory compute scheme and RISC-V dataflow technology, Axelera AI seeks to “democratize” artificial intelligence (AI).


News May 31, 2023 by Jake Hertz
SiFive Gives its WorldGuard Security Model to the RISC-V Community

SiFive Gives its WorldGuard Security Model to the RISC-V Community

SiFive hopes to strengthen the RISC-V community with the contribution of its WorldGuard model.


News May 30, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Intel Rolls First FPGA with PCIe 5.0 and Compute Express Link

Intel Rolls First FPGA with PCIe 5.0 and Compute Express Link

By embedding PCI Express 5.0 and CXL support, Intel’s new FPGAs seek to tackle high-bandwidth computing workloads.


News May 25, 2023 by Chantelle Dubois
On-device Processing Ramps Up With New Edge AI, End-point AI, & TinyML

On-device Processing Ramps Up With New Edge AI, End-point AI, & TinyML

While there are differences between edge AI, end-point AI, and TinyML, each of these fields is progressing real-time processing in its own ways. Below is a roundup of recent news in these three areas.


News May 24, 2023 by Chantelle Dubois
Asset Tracker Test Proves Efficacy of ZETA, a New LPWA Network

Asset Tracker Test Proves Efficacy of ZETA, a New LPWA Network

Socionext and Techsor recently tested the indoor and outdoor performance of IoT tags using the low-power wide area network ZETA—and the results showed bright promise for asset tracking.


News May 23, 2023 by Duane Benson
Hardware-less SoftSIMs Are Here With the Help of Nordic’s Cellular Chip

Hardware-less SoftSIMs Are Here With the Help of Nordic’s Cellular Chip

Nordic Semiconductor and IoT software company Onomondo have teamed up to eliminate traditional hardware-based SIM cards for 4G and 5G designs.


News May 16, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Upping Its Automotive Game, Qualcomm to Buy Israeli Chipmaker Autotalks

Upping Its Automotive Game, Qualcomm to Buy Israeli Chipmaker Autotalks

Qualcomm has announced plans to acquire Autotalks, an Israeli chipmaker specializing in V2X hardware and software solutions.


News May 12, 2023 by Chantelle Dubois
Understanding the RF Noise Figure Specification

Understanding the RF Noise Figure Specification

Take a closer look at the definition of the RF noise figure and discuss some subtleties to help avoid erroneous interpretations of this specification.


All About Circuits Connections—Industry Jobs for May 2023

All About Circuits Connections—Industry Jobs for May 2023

Join our light-hearted look at the serious topic of job hunting as All About Circuits looks to help connect the great engineers in our audience with the amazing companies in our industry. If you apply for jobs with any of these companies, please tell them All About Circuits sent you! 


News May 04, 2023 by Dale Wilson
TinyML Summit: Designing Multi-model Smart HMIs

TinyML Summit: Designing Multi-model Smart HMIs

At TinyML Summit 2023, NXP presented an approach to developing smart human-machine interfaces (HMI).


News May 02, 2023 by Jake Hertz
BOURNS GDT35 3-Electrode Gas Discharge Tube Arrestor | New Product Brief

BOURNS GDT35 3-Electrode Gas Discharge Tube Arrestor | New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.